I pretty much was a very creative child and very quick took a liking to drawing. I’ve studied in graphic design for 3 years in college, but even then I knew that illustration was the thing I really wanted to do. I then took an illustration mentorship … and we’re back to present day! I’m currently a freelance fantasy illustrator with a focus on characters.Continue reading “One-on-one with Antoine Dupont Issalys”→

Boneshaker Press is proud to introduce you to Sarah Ricketts a new Boneshaker artist from London contributing to the second volume of Encounters with the Imaginary. Check out Sarah on her website !

What’s your background?

My background is in animation, but I have been a bit of a creative chameleon. I started as a freelance 3D character animator, then shifted into an in house artist for an advertising agency. That encompassed lots of skills: 3D animation, motion graphics and 2D animation, storyboards, websites, web page takeovers, posters and print work. You name it, in the years I was with the agency, I done it! Now I am compositing full time.Continue reading “One-on-one with Sarah Ricketts”→

Boneshaker Press is happy to give you some one-on-one time with Nyra Drakae who is taking part in the second volume of Encounters with the Imaginary. Nyra lives in Melbourne, Australia checkout her website for more wonders from this talented artist !

What’s your background?

I moved around a lot as a kid and grew up mostly in rural areas of Australia. I moved to the city of Melbourne after graduating high school so that I’d have better education and social opportunities as there wasn’t much in my hometown. Melbourne is fantastic for creative people, art galleries, study and just all round fun things to do.

Today Boneshaker Press presents you Katherine Rasmussen who contributes to the second volume of Encounters with the Imaginary. Katherine lives in California, USA and specializes in Design and Visual Storytelling. To view more of her work, visit her website.

What’s your background?

Born in San Diego and growing up in Norway, I’ve been given a unique perspective on the world. I grew up wandering through beautiful forests and daydreamed about dangerous creatures and magic that lived in the woods and mountains. Now, living in Los Angeles I still catch my mind wandering through those Norwegian woods.

I grew up on the South Hill of Spokane, Washington with my mom, dad, brother, and our two cats. As an adult I attended college at the University of Washington Bothell Campus and then left to study art at Washington State University. I felt I wasn’t learning what I wanted to learn, so I left there and pursued art practice full-time, attending weekly figure drawing workshops.Continue reading “One-on-one with Casey Gustafson”→

Boneshaker Press has the pleasure to introduce you to, an illustrator living in Germany and we are proud to welcome him on the second volume of Encounters with the Imaginary. Check him out on his website and social medias!

What’s your background?

I’m a student in communication and graphic design from Germany, aspiring to become a freelance illustrator. I mainly work digitally with my genre of choice mostly being fantasy/gothic. I live in a small town between Bonn and Cologne, right next to the forest and the “Wahner Heide,” a big heathland.

Today Boneshaker Press has the pleasure to introduce you to Juan Francisco Bautista, an illustrator, concept artist and visual developer living in Barcelona in Spain. Checkout Juan on instagram!

What’s your background?

I’m an artist that didn’t know it was possible to make a living out of this profession – So I when I went to University, I graduated from English Studies. I loved reading and making up stories (sometimes drawing them too!) but even after finishing, I felt something was missing…

Encounters with the Imaginary vol 2 is now on kickstarter! This book is an illustration and creative writing anthology inspired by the imaginary—from beloved myths, legends and folktales to new creatures and stories! The result is a fantastic body of work from each artist, created specifically for this volume.